The role of food supplements in antiviral immunity
All deficiencies in proteins, essential fatty acids, metalloenzymes, vitamin factors and antioxidant elements lead to a dysfunction of the immunity. The immune system, like any other system in the body, depends on adequate food intake and is very sensitive to nutritional deficits and imbalances. However, unlike other systems, the nutritional requirements of the immune system vary, very rapidly, depending on cell replication and synthesis, as well as other energy-demanding functions. Dietary deficiencies of specific proteins and micronutrients have long been associated with immune dysfunction. Adequate intake of iron, zinc and vitamins A, E, B6 and B12 is particularly important for...
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